Bicycle-saddle



(No Model.)

G. E. SEYMOUR.

BICYCLE SADDLE.

Patented July "7, 1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

GEORGE E. SEYMOUR, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

BICYCLE- SADDLE.

SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 455,363, dated July 7,1891.

Application filed February 26, 1891.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. SEYMOUR, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, and a resident of Boston,county of SuifollgState ofMassachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Bicycle-Saddles, of whichthe following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings,is a specification, like letterson the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object to improve the construction of theseat-support, so that it may readily be adapted to the weight of therider.

In my invention the cantle of the saddle is mounted on aspring-controlled lever, and by adjusting the effective strength of thespring the cantle of the saddle will support more or less weight,according to the wish of the rider.

Figure l in side elevation represents a bi-' cycle-saddle and itssupport embodying my invention, one-half the seat being omitted; Fig. 2,a section to the left of the line a: w,

The L-pin A has a clamp-block A, to which is connected by screw A theseat-bar B, ad: justable in the block. The front end of the barhas aspring-holder 0, shown as a block held in place by screw 0. The holderhas secured to it bysuitable screws 0 one or more arms of a springf, theupper end of which engages a hook-plate f, to which is attached thefront end of the seat.

The parts so far described are not claimed herein.

In accordance with this invention I have mounted the cantle g of theseat on the inner end of a lever g, pivoted at g on a suitable platebeing Serial No. 382,857. (No model.)

lug or stand B, the said lever having co-opcrating with it a spring72,so constructed and applied as to normally keep the cantle end of theseat elevated, the said cantle descending under the weight of the rideron the seat. As shown, the spring h is represented as a spiral springsurrounding a bolt or red 72.,jointed to the outer end of the said leverat h and guided in an ear I) of the bar B, the lower end of the saidbelt or rod having applied to it a suitable adjusting device or nnt b,which sup-,

ports the lower end of the spring, the upper end of the spring actingagainst the under side of the ear I).

As shown, the inner end of the lever g is provided with a dovetailedplate 9 which en-' ters a dovetailed groove in the cantle, the

held in place by a screw 9 I claim The seat-bar, the seat, and port the.pommel of the saddle, combined with the horizontally-arranged lever g,pivoted to a lug on the seat-bar and having one end rigidly attached tothe cantle of the saddle, a bolt h, pivoted to the other end of thelever and extended through an ear of the seat-bar, a spring surroundingthe bolt below the ear, and means to adjust the effective strength ofsaid spring, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE E. sEYMoUR.

\ Witnesses:

GEO. W. GREGORY, A. S. WIEG-AND.

the spring to sup-

